New James Bond movie: Named No Time to Die, plot, release date and stars revealed

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Wednesday, 21 August 2019 3:39 am

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The latest Bond movie, No Time To Die, starring Daniel Craig and Rami Malek, will be out in April.Credit: AP

The new James Bond film finally has a title - No Time to Die - and an April 2020 release date, producers have announced.

"Daniel Craig returns as James Bond, 007 in... NO TIME TO DIE. Out in the UK on 3 April 2020 and 8 April 2020 in the US," according to a brief posting on the official 007 Twitter account on Tuesday.

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Filming for the new movie, previously known only as Bond 25, got under way in Jamaica in April when producers announced that Oscar winner Rami Malek will play the villain in the latest entry in lucrative British spy franchise.

Daniel Craig is expected to step down from the role in Bond 25.Image: Michael Sohn/AP

Craig confirmed in 2017 that he would return for a fifth time as secret agent 007.

Producers said on Tuesday the new film would see Bond enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica after leaving active service before an old friend, Felix Leiter, from the CIA turns up asking for help.

Bond embarks on a mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist, which puts him on the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology, they added.

Release date revealed

No Time to Die was initially expected to arrive in movie theatres in November 2019 but that date was pushed back to 2020 after Britain's Danny Boyle pulled out as director and was replaced by American Cary Joji Fukunaga.